Reduction in firework sales
Print Edition
BEIJING is reducing firework sales during the upcoming Spring Festival by cutting the number of retail outlets, authorities said yesterday.
Fireworks will be sold in 511 designated outlets, down 28.9 percent from last year, an official with the Beijing municipal safety supervision bureau said.
None of the outlets is within the Third Ring Road, effectively banning sales downtown.
Firework sales will be allowed from January 22 to February 1, but if orange and red alerts are issued for air pollution, deliveries and sales will be suspended. The upcoming Spring Festival falls on January 28.
Chinese people traditionally light firecrackers and fireworks to celebrate Spring Festival, believing the noise scares away evil spirits.
However, frequent smog has prompted authorities to pay attention to the contribution of fireworks to air pollution.
Shanghai already bans fireworks across most of the city.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
